New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-23
4 CHA MPIONSRIP EASILY WON.
GAMES OF DETROITs CLUR
BETTER THINGS EXPECTED OF ST. LOUIs.-CoN-
TEST IL BIG BASEBALL SALARIES.

BITTER THINGS EXPECTED OF ST. LOUIs.-CoN-
TEST Is BIG BASEBALL SALARIES.
The steady earnest and systematical playing Of tho
Detroit club has the worlds championship for tho
little Wolverine town in the West. The same kind Of
playing captured the pennant of the League for the
club. The Detroit players have shown few flashes
really brilliant phenomenal playing such
crized the games of the NewYork the Chicago,
the Boston and the Philadelphia clubs, and yet tho
Detrois have secured all the baseball honors of tho
year proud New Workers would be of such tea.
and how bontifuly would those who take interest in
baseball support it, The worlds championship victory
won by Detroit Is not surprise but the easy manner IN
which IL was won has been unexpected Baseball men,
remembering the victory Of ST. Louis the Chicago
cnb last fail, believed that the ex-worlds champions
would make much better fight Critics pre- lcted that
the Detroit players would oubat their opponents bnt
thought that the st. Louis players would out general
their heavier contestants in base running and fielding
The Detroit outplayet the ST. Louis team in
all three departments. Benefits wonderful catching
put check upon the base running abilities OF the St
Louis players early In the contest. As soon as the
imercan Association champions found that they conld
steal Bases they fatered and were vanqui she'd in
consequence
or the nine games played by the Detroit and St. Louis
clubs up Friday the former captured seven and tho
latter only two The OF the first nine games and
the pitchers in each contest as follows:
October lo-Atst Louis G. Detroit l. Pitchers
C sruth md
October ll.-At St. Louis Detroit 8 st. Lou, B. Piei
october II AT Detroit Detroit 2 ST. Louis Pitchers
October iS-At Prts5urg-Deuoit St Louso pitca-
October i4-At HrookIvn-st LOul, Detroit . Pitch
October at New.Yors-DetrOit o; ST Louis. o.
Pitchers -Getzoin and FOutL
October l7.-At phia-Detroit 8; St Louis, l.
Pitchers Baldwin ami carither. -
October lSAt Boston Detroit 0 St Louis. Pitchers
october i9-At Philadelphia 4; ST. Louis, 2.
. Pitchers Conway and KING.
In the nine games Detroit scored 43 to 90 for St
Louis OF the pitchers Baldwin all the three games
he pitched, while Conway and Getzen each lost game
Caruhers won both Victories captured by St louis,
while Foutz and King pitched in defeats only. In
actual basehts the nine games counting bases
called balls the Detroit club scored y to 81 for st.
Louis In base running the Detroit club, strange as
will appear, has done Just good work as ST. Louis
In speaking OF the series of the other day Dar
Dock the veteran second baseman OF the Boston club
said:
OF course the Detroit club will win easily VIII.
there are five clubs ia the League which could defeat ths
ST. Louis club without any trouble. IL the ST. Lonis
club as at present arranged should the League for
next season ii would have hard work TO get fifth par
Buriock IS. OF course, partisan League man, but
there arc many otter people who think lust he doe.
The SERIES all iu ALL has been most satisfactory
The st. Louis club in good condition when Tho
battle began. with OF its players badly crippled
The Detroit PLAYERS also in fine trim. The fneEds
defeated club consequently offer excuse for
the downfall of their fivOrtcs, except that they more
than met their match and simply outplay,d Tho
League Will gain converts by the outcome OF tso
series The easy victory won by Detroit Ia conclusive
proof that there 10 nlppodrOmlng" about shs
games. Dcr0its victory f. more popular one ID ttt
East than II IS In the West